What happens when you hold an election and nobody shows up? You get Bunnell: 3 city commissioners, unopposed in their last election, were sworn in Monday.
Best of the Rest: April 12, 2010
Crist takes Florida’s pulse on teacher bill, spills and drilling in the Gulf, GOP scandals, Gandhi’s sex life, and more.
Health Reform’s Bigger Windfalls for Florida
while there are still many unknowns about how the new federal health-care laws will be implemented, Florida stands to do very well financially and socially.
Conklin to Crist: Children Are More Than Test Scores
Flagler School Board member Colleen Conklin urges Gov. Charlie Crist to veto Senate Bill 6, which she terms “political” and “inappropriate” for children’s education.
Stolz to Crist: I Am Tired of Teachers
Peter Stolz, a former teacher from Palm Coast, urges Gov. Charlie Crist to sign Senate Bill 6 into law.
James Baldwin: A Talk to Teachers
James Baldwin’s “A Talk to Teachers” from 1963 is an apt counterpoint to Florida lawmakers’ attempt, in 2010, to demolish public school teachers and replace the profession with Darwinian hostility.
Art in the Park 2010: A Photo Gallery
A look at the winners and other participants in the Flagler County Art League’s showcase event.
Color and Colossus at Flagler’s Art in the Park
The Flagler County Art League’s annual Art in the Park exhibit jammed up Flagler Palm Coast High School’s lawns with color–and competition.
iPhonies: Chinese Knock-Off Scam Based in Palm Coast
Palm Coast’s Mary Losito was allegedly buying fake $30 iPhones and selling them for $350.
Best of the Rest: April 9-11, 2010
Merit-pay follies in Florida, feral cats in San Francisco’s CSI lab, another V-22 Osprey crash kills US troops, and the problem with Dr. Oz.